Caravanistan

We were there about four weeks ago, and it existed and was impressing...

Thanks Steven,
reassuring. It was just that we wanted to have something for time without internet at the Pamir highway;-)
But we could take pictures of the outdated German Trescher guide, which seems to be quite good...

Hi,
currently in Dushanbe...
We are trying to get a print copy of the Bradt Tajikistan here, we already were at Knischny mir, but no english guidebooks.
Any ideas if we can get it somewhere ?
Thanks!
Lisa

Hi, as so many things seem to have changed, I just wanted to share our recent experiences entering Uzbekistan just two days ago- maybe somebody is interested... -Entry: we took the direct Almaty-Tashkent train (booked the ticket online with tickets.kz; worked fine, just had to show the ticket on the...

Little update on the hike to Kok Zhailau- the times of the "green arrow" as mentioned in the hiking description here seem to have gone: it's perfectly signposted now. Take bus number 12 (in the old Lonely Planet, it's still number 6) and leave at the stop with the deer monuments (if you re...

To conclude finally: applying in Indonesia without LOI seems to work perfectly! Applied on wed, 9th in Jakarta, on monday, 14th, as I entered my passport number, my telex code appeared. We waited a few more days, as when entering my husband's passport number it only replied "we have not any inf...

Just to add- put "Embassy of Uzbekistan" in Google maps for the location. If you put "Embassy of the republic of Uzbekistan" it will show you an outdated address nearby the current one

Hi, we (German citizens) tried to get a russian tourist or transit visa in Indonesia for going home by train from Uzbekistan after a year travelling. Unfortunately the only answer we could get was: "Hi German citizen can not make russian tourist visa in indonesia, unless they work in indonesia&...

Hi, today we applied for our Uzbek visa in Jakarta, Indonesia (pickup in Almaty). German passports. We had a bit of problem contacting the embassy first, as we couldn't find any business hours at their homepage and the mailadress they are providing there didn't work. Also the (first) phone number di...

Thanks Steven.
It seems that we choose a good time to travel in Uzbekistan this year...